The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, wants those opposed to the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport, Abuja, to know that Nigeria is not the first country to close an airport.

The decision of the federal government to shut the airport for six weeks over repairs on the runway has been met with stiff resistance in some quarters.

At the Senate on Tuesday, Fashola said there was no other option but to close the airport, but Otis Anyaeji, President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) disagreed, arguing that runway repairs could be done without a total closure of the airport.

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